Hymenia perspectalis

Hymenia perspectalis, the spotted beet webworm moth, is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It is found in various parts of the world, including North America, where it is found from Maine to Florida, west to Texas and north to Michigan and Ontario.[4] It is also found in Belize, Hong Kong, Jamaica, Australia (Queensland),[5] the Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, Réunion and South Africa.[6] The species was described by Jacob Hübner in 1796.

Hymenia perspectalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Crambidae
Genus:
Hymenia
Species:
H. perspectalis
Binomial name
Hymenia perspectalis
Synonyms
  • Pyralis perspectalis Hübner, 1796
  • Zinckenia primordialis Zeller, 1852
  • Spoladea exportalis Guenée, 1854
  • Spoladea spilotalis Saalmüller, 1880
  • Desmia rhinthonalis Walker, 1859
  • Hymenia phrasiusalis Walker, 1859

The wingspan is 16–22 mm. Adults are cinnamon brown with narrow white bands on the forewings. The hindwings with brownish or greyish-yellow wing bands in some individuals. They are on wing from April to November.

The larvae feed on a wide range of plants, including Beta vulgaris, chard, potatoes, amaranth species and various greenhouse plants. They are green with purple dots on the head. Food plant records for this species also include Althernanthera pungens (Amaranthaceae), Eclipta prostrata, Eleutheranthera ruderalis, Melanthera canescens, Wedelia trilobata (Asteraceae), Amaranthus hibridus, Amaranthus australis (Amaranthaceae) and Rivinia humilis (Phytolacaeae).[7]

References
  1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Hymenia perspectalis (Hübner, 1796)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
  3. "801279.00 – 5169 – Hymenia perspectalis – Spotted Beet Webworm Moth – (Hübner, 1796)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
  4. "Species Hymenia perspectalis - Spotted Beet Webworm Moth - Hodges#5169". BugGuide. April 23, 2016. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
  5. "Hymenia perspectalis (Hübner, 1796) Spotted Beet Webworm Moth". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. August 17, 2013. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
  6. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Hymenia perspectalis (Hübner, 1796)". Afromoths. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
  7. Bendicho-Lopez, 1998, "New Distributional and Foodplant Records for Twenty Cuban Moths". Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society. 52 (2): 214-216]


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